Peace be with you all,” Pope Leo XIV greeted, from the Central Loggia or balcony of Rome’s St. Peter’s Basilica, the 100,000 faithful at St. Peter’s Square, to introduce himself as the new leader of ...

Samuel Johnson was an English author and lexicographer who lived between the years of 1709 and 1784. He is best remembered by literary historians for his famous Dictionary. This dictionary, formally ...

A new Pope and an old question: must politics reject religion? The pursuit of politics is religion, morality, and poetry all ...

Pope Francis, who took his name from the patron saint of ecology -- St. Francis of Assisi -- died the day before Earth Day ...

Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month, was the first pontiff to be publicly inclusive of the LGBTQ Catholic community.

Children have always been vulnerable, but the vulnerability they face today seems almost overwhelming. All over the world, children face war, famine and illness. Even in stable economic conditions, ...

European pope in centuries, Francis was especially aware of colonialism’s impact and the need to embrace many cultures within ...

LGBTQ Catholics hope that the next leader of the church will continue the inclusion work Pope Francis started more than 20 years ago. Pope Francis, who died at 88 last month, was the first pontiff ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but maintained a close relationship with Pope Francis and support for ...

Here are some of the other memorable quotes from the nine homilies, which began with Pope Francis’ funeral on April 26 and concluded on May 4, the third Sunday of Easter. Cardinal Pietro Parolin ...

Some think, excuse me if I use the word, that in order to be good Catholics, we have to be like rabbits — but no. Pope Francis, January 19, 2015, interview, on a flight to Rome I see clearly ...

Pope Francis will be remembered for his humble spirit, compassionate leadership and historic significance as the first pope from the Americas and the first born outside of Europe in more than a ...